Another helmet from the Battle of the Aegates

PUNIC WATCH: Extraordinary' Roman helmet from war-ending battle found in the sea off Sicily. Archaeologists recovered the "Montefortino"-style helmet in an underwater excavation in the Aegadian Islands off the coast of Sicily (Kristina Killgrove, Live Science).

The helmet was likely lost in the Battle of the Egadi Islands (also known as the Aegates Islands) in the First Punic War in 241 B.C.

In August 2024, a team of divers from the Society for the Documentation of Submerged Sites discovered the helmet, along with about 30 other metal artifacts, while investigating the area where the ancient battle occurred, according to a translated statement published Sept. 5 by the Sicilian Region, the regional government of Sicily.

Another helmet was recovered from the same site, presumably lost in the same battle, in 2017. And for lots more on the archaeology of the Battle of the Aegates, start here and follow the links.

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